Jodie Plumert, a professor of psychological and brain sciences, discusses recent surveys that show the increasing dangers posed by distracted people who are texting while walking.

The 2007 graduate of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop left his home state 20 years ago. While rehearsing his new play, “Greater Clements,” he drove through the lonesome landscapes that still inspire his work.

Professors Arturs Kalnin from the Tippie College of Business and Keith Mueller in the College of Public Health offer their analysis of the recent failed merger talks between UnityPoint Health and Sanford Health.

Leslie Flynn, clinical associate professor in the Tippie College of Business, testified recently that encouraging more women and people of color to apply for patents is critical for America's continued economic growth.

A study from Corinne Peek-Asa, a researcher in the College of Public Health, finds the number of work-related farm injuries is underreported because of gaps in the workers compensation reporting system.

A wealth of studies have examined the benefits of earning a college degree, including the College of Education's Professor Nicholas Bowman.

A New York Times story about Sam Falk, a Times staff photographer of more than four decades, included a Falk’s photo of the 1952 Iowa Homecoming game against the Ohio State University (an Iowa victory).

University of Iowa physicists reported that the spacecraft Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space. BBC spoke with Don Gurnett, professor emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and carried his comments in a print story and in a broadcast on the BBC World Service radio.

University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld joined university administrators and faculty to visit the childhood home in Mount Pleasant of James Van Allen, the legendary Iowa physicist who discovered the radiation belts around Earth. Van Allen's home is now a museum dedicated to the scientist's accomplishments.

Study by a professor in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine shows that social workers suggest age 12 might be a safe time for many children to be left home alone.